TIM PAWLENTY ANNOUNCES BID FOR PRESIDENCY  10:07 am October 1, 2009

Donate Your Freedom—And, You Know, Money!!—To The TPAW-2012

by Juli Weiner


Have you checked out TimPawlenty.com today yet? Oh, please do! Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty, who self-identifies as TPAW, has made up some new thing called “Tim Pawlenty’s Freedom First PAC.” It sounds like a mid-range BBQ place on a highway somewhere, but it is not! It is, according to TPAW, an “organization dedicated to putting freedom first again in America. By helping candidates and translating our ideas into policies that everyone can relate to and support, we can turn back the growth of Washington and renew the promise of freedom.” As you can see, this is markedly, markedly worse than a BBQ place.

It is also not FreedomFirst.com, a previously established credit union that predates “TPAW’s Freedom First PAC” and differs from it in that the former is existing and real. So anyway, how stoked are you guys to tell TPAW all about your personal relationship with freedom? N.B.: Your epistolary TPAW fan fiction could be just the opinion scoop document that’s needed to LITERALLY WIN the Washington Post‘s pundit mid-term election competition!

[Marc Ambinder]

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FMA October 1, 2009 at 10:13 am

“TPAW”? Isn’t he some kind of furry rapper?

norbizness October 1, 2009 at 10:14 am

Buttercup: Westley, what about the R.O.U.S.’s?

Westley: Rodents Of Unusual Size? I don’t think they exist.

[Immediately, an R.O.U.S. sets up an exploratory Presidential committee]

Mahousu October 1, 2009 at 10:15 am

T-Paw puts the Dumb in Freedom!

ManchuCandidate October 1, 2009 at 10:15 am

We know this isn’t going to end well.

Judging Pawlenty’s record, I’m guessin’ the first freedom is the freedom from gravity and the 2nd freedom is the freedom from being associated with falling highway bridges.

magic titty October 1, 2009 at 10:16 am

I’ll just keep calling him TP, thank you.

PineyWoodster October 1, 2009 at 10:16 am

Freedom means to me keeping government’s nose out of me buying my candy apple flavored dip and not hassling me for smoking dope with a prostitute.

pink triangles October 1, 2009 at 10:16 am

TPAW IS a furry rapper that’s gonna eazy-e all our problems with the sweet, sweet robotic hymns of autotune.

rocktonsammy October 1, 2009 at 10:17 am

Has TPAW written a book yet?

I’m withholding my money until I read it.

Monsieur Grumpe October 1, 2009 at 10:18 am

That’s where Timmy went. We’ve been missing a Governor in the wonderful state of Minnesota. Not that he really has been doing anything when he is here.

This guy started as a moderate Republican. Remember those? As he gets closer to declaring his run for POTUS his wingnut pandering has become more extreme. Last week, he switched from his past views and joined the global warming conspiracy crowd. Next week, Pawlenty the birther?

hobospacejunkie October 1, 2009 at 10:19 am

Jesus fuck, these chicken-diddlers can’t take a dump without using the word freedom. FREEDOM BOWELS: CAN YOU FEEL THE EVACUATION!?! TPaw makes him sound like he’s got a mangled monkey appendage for a right hand. This dull midwesterner is 2012′s Fred Thompson. Doorknobs excite a crowd more than Gov. Milquetoast. Zzzzzzzzzz…

TimeCubist October 1, 2009 at 10:20 am

[re=424356]FMA[/re]: Isn’t Tpaw some Vulcan grandee?

norbizness October 1, 2009 at 10:23 am

And didn’t T’Pau have that song Heart and Soul? That was the middle-school roller-skating jam back in the day! As for Captain Crumbling Infrastructure here, feh.

tootsieroll October 1, 2009 at 10:24 am

“TPAW! im really happy for you, and imma gonna let you finish, but Hopey Obama had the best campaign of all TIME!

Ducksworthy October 1, 2009 at 10:24 am

Is Paul Reubens TP(wee)’s body double?

wx insider October 1, 2009 at 10:26 am

Good luck, TPAW! Please bring us “hope” and “change”.

groove October 1, 2009 at 10:28 am

You know how like old people, in the eyes of teh youngz, are lame purely by the nature of their advanced age, right? Like, mom and dad will never, ever be cool. Sorry. Game over.

So these fucks, these politician fucks, it’s like they’re your parents trying, without irony, to be cool. And just like your lame parents trying to be cool, they are just as fucking clueless about how idiotic they look.

Tweeting utilizing worse grammar than a 13 year old schoolgirl? “TPAW?” Motherfucking “TPAW?” I mean, are you kidding me?

It’s like a goddamn circus of ignorance up there. They are trying to do what all the cool kids are doing, and failing about as hard as you can fail at it.

Jebus Christ.

dum librul October 1, 2009 at 10:28 am

I liked their original name better. “Freedom at Some Point Down the Road Maybe PAC” just rolls off the tongue.

hobospacejunkie October 1, 2009 at 10:30 am

[re=424370]norbizness[/re]: And don’t you make me beg for more!

queeraselvis v 2.0 October 1, 2009 at 10:31 am

TPAW/SkoalRebel 2012! Restoring idiocy to Amerikkka, one dip at a time.

finallyhappy October 1, 2009 at 10:32 am

[re=424369]TimeCubist[/re]: no, Ithink that was the woman Spock was supposed to marry. And Freedom’s just another word for nothin’ left to lose

Bernie Madeoff October 1, 2009 at 10:33 am

I can’t wait to download “I am TPAW” for iPhone!!!

Larry Fine October 1, 2009 at 10:34 am

This guy better get some plastic surgery and a makeover, becasue he sure don’t look presidential.

bored with gravity October 1, 2009 at 10:34 am

TPawing. Sounds like another term for teabagging.

t_rax October 1, 2009 at 10:34 am

Renew the promise of freedom? Like under G.W. Bush?

Here’s a tip, wingnuts: The fact that people haven’t been rounded up for attempting to incite riots or bringing weapons to Presidential events proves that we’re free.

Voyou Charmant October 1, 2009 at 10:35 am

How many of you have explained to TPaw that Freedom is Flavored dee-ip, Truck Nutz and no Jews in the Whitehouse.

Not_So_Much October 1, 2009 at 10:35 am

I heard TPAW shot Biggy….*and* Tupac.

Joshua Norton October 1, 2009 at 10:36 am

So does the wingnut pols Freedom include “freedom” to spy on any American citizen they damned well please? Or how about the “freedom” to steal everything that’s not nailed down?

They seem to have the bastardized the definition of “freedom” to mean “doing what ever the F*** I please and mowing down everyone else who disagrees”. Yay free-dumb!!!

Joshua Norton October 1, 2009 at 10:41 am

They probably think “TPaw” sounds hip and totally with-it. It sounds more like some half-wit goomer who can usually be found sitting on a porch step drinking from a jug and whittlin’.

GDuvall October 1, 2009 at 10:43 am

Why are we supposed to give money to obtain Tim Pawlenty’s freedom first? How about we arrange for everyone else’s freedom, then we can turn to freeing the Paw?

jodyleek October 1, 2009 at 10:43 am

[re=424367]hobospacejunkie[/re]: Monkey appendage? TPaw is Bob Log III? God, I hope not. I love “Boob Scotch” and I will be so pissed if I have to scrub that video from my hard drive.

freakishlystrong October 1, 2009 at 10:44 am

No thanks, I’ll wait for AGray to set up his PAC.

hiphophitler October 1, 2009 at 10:45 am

Yoyoyo T-Paw!! Know what freedom means to me, homes? Big butts!! i LIKE BIG BUTTS AND i CANNOT LIE!

Cicada October 1, 2009 at 10:45 am

Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose. Everyone knows that.

badmuthagoose October 1, 2009 at 10:47 am

Oooo yay! I was looking for an opportunity to fuck with someone today. Too bad it’s not more direct. But anyway: should I go full retard in my freedom essay? Or go the more subtle route?

WHAT AM I SAYING? LULZ! They don’t get subtle. Ok then, full tard it is.

::skipping merrily away, forgetting all common spelling patterns, usage rules, and logic!::

SayItWithWookies October 1, 2009 at 10:47 am

Our values and principles are being tested. What we believe as conservatives is being tested.

Reality’s tough that way, TPAW. But don’t worry, we’ve evolved to handle it. Oops, sorry about the e-word — didn’t mean to challenge what you believe as a conservative.

WadISay October 1, 2009 at 10:47 am

I’m pretty sure the “TP” stands for “toilet paper”. Still working on the “AW”.

teebob2000 October 1, 2009 at 10:48 am

Anyone know how to send a turd on-line?

V572625694 October 1, 2009 at 10:48 am

Does Michelle endorse TPAW? In that case, count me in. If not, not.

jodyleek October 1, 2009 at 10:50 am

[re=424406]WadISay[/re]: Ass Wipe, natch.

S.Luggo October 1, 2009 at 10:51 am

Link:
http://timpawlenty.com/
What does freedom mean to you?
“More free cheese. Few Mexicans.”

S.Luggo October 1, 2009 at 10:56 am

[re=424372]Ducksworthy[/re]: In his video, Timmeh looks much like Mark “Gov. Luv” Sandford. Separated at birth? If so, I hope painfully.

The Huffington Pogue October 1, 2009 at 10:57 am

Tim “Anagram of TWAP” Pawlenty and Rick “Santorum” Santorum ’12!

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=twap

OReillysVibrator October 1, 2009 at 10:57 am

Freedom first, Norm Coleman second.

MC_Bob October 1, 2009 at 10:58 am

Come on TPAW, grow the mullet back!

WE WANT THE MULLET, DAMMIT.

JSDC007 October 1, 2009 at 10:59 am

The only reason this fool is Minnesota Governor is because he was up against a Democrat and a tree/hugger in both 2002 and 2006. He always got less than about 46% of the vote, and only about 1% more than the Dem. Don’t Minnesotans know that we are not Europe, and that it confuses people when they have to choose between a douche and two douchebags? In America its always one douche, and one douchebag. Alas, Minnesota is the same state that gave us Michelle Bachman. How’s that turning out for you, children of Rose Nylund?

Jim89048 October 1, 2009 at 10:59 am

Since I lost so many freedoms–and my job–during the last ill-fated reptard’s reign, I have nothing left with which to enrich this one. Kristofferson was right.

badmuthagoose October 1, 2009 at 11:01 am

Whatever “weening” is, it sounds gross. From his site:

Minimum government intervention in our lives. Having a balance budget…No forced govt programs. Fix existing programs and start weening people from govt dependency…

Andrea Graham Duluth, GA

GROSS ANDREA. THIS HERE’S A FAMILY SITE.

See, that’s why I’m not a Republican. They’re such pervs.

WickedWitch October 1, 2009 at 11:03 am

If TPAW is what Steele meant by making the GOP hip to the children of America, then I have to say it: Epic Dumbshit Fail.

glamourdammerung October 1, 2009 at 11:04 am

I would rather donate to repair Minnesota’s decaying bridges.

DirtyHarriett October 1, 2009 at 11:06 am

[re=424406]WadISay[/re]: Toilet Paper Ass Wipe…..

randomsausage October 1, 2009 at 11:07 am

[re=424370]norbizness[/re]:

Good shout out for T’Pau, the band
With their slapper of a singer, Carol Decker
I had her once you know
A back alley in Liverpool
China in Your Hands
That was one of theirs

glamourdammerung October 1, 2009 at 11:07 am

“Our values and principles are being tested. What we believe as conservatives is being tested.”

I would say when cars started falling in the Mississippi of the I35 bridge, that your “values and principles” were indeed tested and found quite lacking.

x111e7thst October 1, 2009 at 11:09 am

Stare deep into those beady eyes and you will know that this miserable rodent has struggled all his life with questions of sexual identity.

norbizness October 1, 2009 at 11:14 am

[re=424428]x111e7thst[/re]:

Homer: Oh, Marge, my loyal wife, of course not. [Lisa walks up] And Lisa, my little princess. [Bart walks up] And who could forget dear Ratboy?

Bart: Ratboy? I resent that. [starts chewing the door frame]

Marge: Bart, I told you before, stop gnawing on the drywall.

Cape Clod October 1, 2009 at 11:15 am

[re=424427]glamourdammerung[/re]: Indeed. ‘What they believe as conservatives’ is that we can eliminate all taxes and Jesus will magically hold up all our bridges.

Crank Tango October 1, 2009 at 11:20 am

[re=424424]glamourdammerung[/re]: fuck’em. they need to learn that sooner or later them bridges are gonna fall down, those were the last ones we were ever gonna build, and they have been wiened off of government dependency, for freedom. I suggest they go back to using ferries made of log rafts. Free market freedom bitches!

Bit of advice tho, from the immortal words of Chris DeBurgh “don’t pay the ferryman, until he gets you to the other side” for freedom.

queeraselvis v 2.0 October 1, 2009 at 11:20 am

[re=424428]x111e7thst[/re]: I thought the same thing! You can tell it’s been a struggle, too, given Timmy’s deep-set smile lines and Grand Canyon-esque crow’s feet, which no gay man would ever allow to be that visible.

Icemelter October 1, 2009 at 11:23 am

Yes. Herein I say it. Freedom means 44,789 dead Americans a year.

Sincerely,

Peggy “PNoon” Noonan

steve October 1, 2009 at 11:44 am

Freedom means not having to wear a tie with a sport coat in a campaign add shilling to the rubes who would support TPAW’s pathetic candidacy.

the problem child October 1, 2009 at 11:46 am

TPAW = The Patriotic Ass Wipe

teebob2000 October 1, 2009 at 11:46 am
the problem child October 1, 2009 at 11:47 am

[re=424483]the problem child[/re]: (Single-ply, and scratchy as hell).

MOG October 1, 2009 at 11:48 am

Weaned. Just say’n

chaste everywhere October 1, 2009 at 11:48 am

T-Paw. Sounds like a basketball player desperate for some attention. Does Minnesota have basketball? Is T-Paw an octaroon?

Uncle Glenny October 1, 2009 at 11:54 am

Freedom first? Back-translated from Republicanese, that means French First.

He’s a secret French-Manchurian candidate, we’re all going to have to speak French!!!11! Oh, and free cheese…

Sweet Baby Cheeses October 1, 2009 at 12:04 pm

He’s got that “aw shucks/duh” look down pat.

vladster October 1, 2009 at 12:07 pm

I just sent TPAW a love note and told him I think his little blue bird should be a little red bird. The whole thing is color-coded so the wingnuts send thier war bonds to the right goddamn freedomer.

This Cat October 1, 2009 at 12:09 pm

Mike Steele is going to help “TPaw” relate to the hip hop generation. A little bling and some phat rhymes and he’s got this thing sewn up!

saralovesyou October 1, 2009 at 12:26 pm

[re=424417]JSDC007[/re]: Not to get all “uppity Minnesotan” or anything, but we also gave you Keith Ellison.

hockeymom October 1, 2009 at 12:45 pm

[re=424562]saralovesyou[/re]: and Franken and Wellstone (and Ventura, so I guess, never mind)

George Oscar Bluth October 1, 2009 at 12:56 pm

Let’s just get this out of the way: T-PAWN

assistant/atlas October 1, 2009 at 1:40 pm

“…who self-identifies as TPAW” ….the ghey’s acronym is too long already and now they’re adding four more letters? They just won’t stop until they’ve gayed up every letter of the alphabet!

davesnothere October 1, 2009 at 1:42 pm

This should silence all you Michael Steele RNC naysayers. Remember, they laughed at Fatty Arbuckle, too.

zaccapeters October 1, 2009 at 1:47 pm

TPaw-tay like it’s 1899! How about freedom to grow one’s own medicinal herbs there, Sparkay? Should save Medicare a couple billion a year now and many billions more in the very near future.

bitchincamaro October 1, 2009 at 2:26 pm

So many Minnesota turd-weazles, so little time.

BerkeleyFarm October 1, 2009 at 2:45 pm

TPM says that T-Paw has hired Rove aide (and US Attorneys scandal key player) Sara Taylor to run his PAC.

Looks like he’s gone Full Retard.

He seems to be someone who takes the fall for Republican fuckery a lot; I wouldn’t be surprised if they let him run in ’12. Ironically, if McCain had picked him in ’08, the past election would have been a lot closer.

Jukesgrrl October 1, 2009 at 3:04 pm

[re=424404]badmuthagoose[/re]: I don’t think subtle is the way to go. Remember, your competition is probably SkoalRebel and his northern cousins.

Jukesgrrl October 1, 2009 at 3:08 pm

TPaw, I’m feeling really backed-up lately, so freedom to me would be a good dump. Do you recommend Colon Cleanse? Good luck to you.

Jukesgrrl, Tucson, AZ

Sussemilch October 1, 2009 at 3:08 pm

Yeah, it’s all about freedom. My freedom to speak in opposition of your freedom to fuck us sideways.

Suds McKenzie October 1, 2009 at 4:31 pm

Freedom means not cutting off your mullet for anything or anyone. For shame Tupac, for shame.

slowuncle October 1, 2009 at 4:58 pm

Geez what a gay photo— friggin’ spritzer looks like a cross between Jim Naybors and Kenneth the Page

bozofish October 1, 2009 at 6:18 pm

I so opposite of heart him. He is free to roam the country, but seems to have an aversion to actually attending to state business. What a DPaw-bag.

Olive October 1, 2009 at 8:12 pm

We just call him Timmy…Timmy the mullet head.

martinette October 1, 2009 at 10:24 pm

Interesting combination, this phony sack of shit. He’s both ex-Catholic and ex-Polish.

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